China Tightens Rules for Internet Users

By

Carlos Tejada

Updated Dec. 28, 2012 12:01 p.m. ET

BEIJING—China enacted new rules on Friday that beef up disclosure requirements for Internet users, in Beijing's latest move to get a tighter grip on its voluble and increasingly restive online community.

Senior members of the National People's Congress, China's rubber-stamp parliament, approved the rules Friday as part of an effort to strengthen personal privacy laws, the state-run Xinhua news agency said. The rules, unveiled Monday,...